Giuliana’s Christening Cupcakes

Apr8

Christening Cupcakes

To celebrate the christening of her little girl, Giuliana, Penny ordered these pink and white christening cupcakes.  In keeping with the colour scheme I did vanilla cupcakes with a creamy vanilla icing, strawberry cupcakes with a pastel pink strawberry icing and chocolate cupcakes with a light midnight velvet chocolate icing.  The sugar paste flowers were embossed and layered and then topped with the initial G for Giuliana. I finished the G with a small sugar paste blossom button.  On the single embossed flowers I put small moulded babies feet to represent the journey Giuliana’s feet will soon embark on as she grows into a little girl.  To signify the religious importance of this celebration I moulded crosses from sugar paste and finished them with a small white rose.

I love my new jem cutter easy rose and I made some pink roses and placed these either singly on the iced cupcakes or some in a white embossed flower.  For a contrast to the larger decorations I made small daisies and blossoms for the remaining cupcakes and the overall effect of all these decorations and the sugar pearls was really pretty. Congratulations Penny to you and your family on your daughter’s Christening and may she bring much joy and laughter into your lives.

Christening Cupcakes

Christening Cupcakes

Jamming Cupcakes for Brad’s 18th Birthday!

Mar31

Guitar Cupcakes

Brad is a bass guitarist and is celebrating his 18th Birthday tonight. I found these colourful guitars and music notes from Jodees and they make a perfect topping to Brad’s cupcakes which are rich chocolate – his favourite.  I couldn’t resist using an Eric Clapton book as a backdrop  for these photos as he is a brilliant guitarist and passionate musician and is an influence in every young guitarists life.  Wishing you a jamming 18th birthday Brad and may the music last long into the night for you as you celebrate with your friends.

Guitar Cupcakes

Guitar Cupcakes

Barbie Girl In a Barbie World Cupcakes!

Mar31
Barbie Cupcakes

Barbie Cupcakes

Not only am I having fun with so many different cupcake orders for my clients but I am coming into contact with friends and colleagues who I have not seen in many years.  It certainly was a blast from the past when I met up with Janita again at the Memory Shed as I was delivering a cupcake order.  I first met Janita when I was working at First National Bank in Simmonds Street about 20 years ago and it was fantastic to see her again after so many years.  Janita asked me to do these Barbie cupcakes for Anushka, a 4 year old daughter of a friend of hers, and of course loving all things girly I immediately agreed.  When you think of Barbie the first thing that comes to mind is the colour pink so I did vanilla and strawberry cupcakes and iced them in creamy vanilla and rich strawberry icing.  I placed sugar paste B’s on embossed flowers on some of the cupcakes and then made smaller blossoms and pink sugar paste handbags as no Barbie is complete without her accessories.

The gorgeous pink high heel shoes I found at The Chocolate Den and they reminded me of the collection of Barbie shoes I had for my own Barbie when I lived and played in my Barbie world.  The Barbie logos are made by Snowflake and are easily available from Pick n Pay, I placed them on sugar paste discs and let the discs dry before putting them on the cupcakes.  Barbie has come a long way from the traditional doll I first played with and she is definitely more hip and happening today so the silver sugar beads brought a little glam and elegance to these Barbie cupcakes. Hope you had fun Anushka and enjoyed your Barbie Birthday.

Barbie Cupcakes

Barbie Cupcakes

Barbie Cupcakes

Happy Birthday Celeste!

Mar26

Cream & Brown Flowers Cupcakes

Celeste ordered these cupcakes to celebrate her birthday.  I loved that she specifically chose adult cupcakes to share with her colleagues and smurf and smurfette cupcakes for the children in her class.  She is obviously a teacher with great planning skills and love for her class with the attention to detail and thought she put into her cupcake order.  Celeste chose flowers and roses in her favourite colours and I made a variety for her and added them to chocolate cupcakes deliciously iced with  a creamy chocolate icing.

Cream & Brown Flowers Cupcakes

Cream & Brown Flowers Cupcakes

The smurfs and smurfette cupcakes for the children in Celeste’s class were cute and all sat very well behaved on their individual cupcakes.  I am sure the children were delighted with them and their funny expressions.  Thanks again Celeste for such an interesting and thoughtful order for your birthday and I hope these cupcakes brought a touch of  magic to your special day.

Smurf & Smurfette Cupcakes

Cruising with these Cupcakes!

Mar25
Ship & Yacht Cupcakes

Sail Away!

Ship & Yacht Cupcakes

Sail Away!

Last year this time Daniel requested a rugby cake for his birthday so it was quite a change when he went from a rugby pitch to water for this year’s birthday theme.  He was keen for me to do cupcakes with anything to do with boats.  I had to get my boys cupcakes thinking hat on and my wellingtons and move away from all things pretty and girly for this order.  I used these ready made yachts and ships that I found at Jodees as I liked the small detail on them and they inspired me to ice the cupcakes with blue waves and pop them in the icing as if they were bobbing along on their journey.  I used pale blue, bright blue, white and shiney turquoise pearls as water droplets on the icing waves to finish off the cupcakes.  Hope you had fun Daniel sharing these with your friends, can’t wait till next year’s theme!

Ship & Yacht Cupcakes

Ships Ahoy!

Ship & Yacht Cupcakes

Into The Blue!

” The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators” – Edward Gibbon

For Irish Cupcake Lovers Everywhere!

Mar17

St Patrick's Day Cupcakes

Instead of kissing the Blarney Stone today why not kiss an Irish cupcake – way more delicious – in my books!  To all the Irish cupcake lovers out there, actually to all Irish lovers out there, wishing you a crazy and wacky St Patrick’s Day and whether you are singing, dancing or eating with friends or hopefully doing all 3 then may you do it with the true spirit and magic of the Irish!